Dynamics of an Introduced Caribou Population

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heard, Douglas C., Ouellet, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal mortality; Animal population; Caribou; Extirpation; Hunting; Wildlife management; Winter ecology; Wolves; Coats Island; Nunavut; Southampton Island; Canada; Northwest Territories; Arctic; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64331

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) were hunted to extinction on Southampton Island (Northwest Territories, Canada) by 1953. In 1967, 48 caribou were captured on neighbouring Coats Island and released on Southampton Island. We documented the population dynamics, group size and composition, and...